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Festival of the Federation
Festival of the Federation (14 July 1790) on the Champ de Mars, from a perspective close to the king's pavilion, engraving by Isidore Stanislas Helman, after a painting by Charles Monnet, 1790.
Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Festival of the Federation
The Festival of the Federation (Fête de la Fédération) was a celebration that occurred on the Champ de Mars outside Paris on 14 July 1790, the first anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille. With over 300,000 people in attendance, the...
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Festival of the Federation, 14 July 1790
Overhead view of the Champ de Mars during the Fête de la Fédération (Festival of the Federation), 14 July 1790.
Musée de la Révolution française, Vizille.
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Jan Hus Being Burned at Stake
Matej Hádek as Czech theologian and reformer Jan Hus (l. c. 1369-1415) being burned at stake for his critique of the medieval Church, in the movie titled Jan Hus (2015). Image by Czech Television. © Ä?eská televize - Yan Renelt, PacholÃkova...
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Matej Hádek as Jan Hus
Matej Hádek as Jan Hus (l. c. 1369-1415) in the movie Jan Hus (2015) by Czech Television.
© Ä?eská televize - Yan Renelt, PacholÃkova 443/2, 143 00 Praha 4
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Oath of La Fayette at the Fête de la Fédération, 14 July 1790
Oath of La Fayette at the Fête de la Fédération, 14 July 1790, oil on canvas painting by an anonymous artist, c. 1790-1791.
Museum of the French Revolution, Vizille.
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Champ de Mars Massacre
The Champ de Mars Massacre on 17 July 1791. The caption reads: "Men, women, children massacred on the altar of the fatherland at the Champ de la Federation".
Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Planting of a Liberty Tree in Revolutionary France
During the French Revolution, a liberty tree was a way for a village or community to show solidarity with the Revolution and devotion to the patrie (fatherland). Gouache on paper by Jean-Baptiste Lesueur, c. 1790. Musée Carnavalet, Paris...